Departmental Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Welcome to the Biological Sciences Departmental Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI) Committee page. This is a new committee with a shared leadership model that seeks to make the department more inclusive, equitable and diverse. The current EDI committee is composed of faculty, staff and student representatives.
EDI NEWS AND EVENTS
- Inclusive Teaching Community of Practice: Friday, October 31, 2025, presented by the Centre for Educational Excellence.
- Rock Your Mocs Craft Event: Monday, November 10, 2025, presented by Department of Indigenous Studies.
- Decolonial Teaching in Practice Through Relationality (Nov 19): Wednesday, November 19, 2025, presented by CEE in partnership with the Library, Student Learning Commons, and Transforming Inquiry into Learning & Teaching (TILT).
- Meet Morgan: A one-day institute on the impacts of sexualized violence in the classroom: Thursday, November 20, 2025, presented by the Centre for Educational Excellence in partnership with the Sexualized Violence Support & Prevention Office and the Student Learning Commons.
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Tuesday, November 25, 2025, presented by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
RESOURCES
- Please visit SFU's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page here.
- The Provost and VP Academic now has a website to help STEM instructors wanting to Indigenize and decolonize their teaching:
https://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/news/2025/january/distem-website.html